Top Punch Reference

[wiljen]

SingleShotBuff has graciously compiled a top-punch reference for the Lyman moulds and I have added it to castpics under the moulds section. If you dont see the link at first, clear your cache. The flash menus tend not to update until you do.


A big thanks to SSB :drinks:

Wiljen

[NVcurmudgeon]

Thanks, wiljen. I have written what numbers I could on the Lyman and RCBS illustrations in an old Midway Master Casting Catalog, but SSB's list on CASTPICS will be easier to use. If we could only get Balllisticast, Lee, NEI, and Saeco to use the same numbers........

[singleshotbuff]

Gents,

Anyone with additional information, particularly on older top punches, please PM or e-mail the info to me so I can expand the chart.

Thanks

SSB

[floodgate]

singleshotbuff:

I compiled a similar list from the various Lyman / Ideal Handbooks and catalogs in my files, including the seating screw numbers, which are not always the same. Can't e-mail it, as it was on an old hp PC and didn't get transferred to my mac, but I can send you a hard copy (sorted three ways - by mould number, by top punch and by seating screw) if you will PM me your s-mail address.

floodgate

[beagle]

If you guys check the Lyman moulds charts on castpics, the TP is listed for the particular mould./beagle

[singleshotbuff]

Will do floodgate.

beagle, this chart is just intended as a sort of "reverse look up" to match a top punch to a mold/molds. I will be using the info on castpics to expand the top punch chart, thanks for pointing it out to me. I guess I hadn't noticed that part of the mold list.

Thanks

SSB

[HCL]

Ok fellers, I must be dence, I know, I know, but I am having trouble locating this list?
Would someone out of the kindness of thier heart point me in the right direction?
Thanks
Mike

[OLPDon]

HCL:
http://www.castpics.net/
Dropdown list Moulds: Click on Lyman Top Punch
Don

[HCL]

Don;
Thanks, still figuring all this computer stuff out.
Mike

[hollow-point]

great idea! big help for myself@frtends. david.

[Bad Water Bill]

:coffee:With all the centuries of knowledge collected here is there any way of cross referencing Lee, Lyman R C B S, Saeco and others for the inter change of top punches? BWB :castmine:

[paul edward]

Are top punches for the Lyman sizer-lubricator available for Lee boollets?

Could these be made from aluminum or brass?

Open to suggestions

Paul

[wiljen]

Are top punches for the Lyman sizer-lubricator available for Lee boollets?

Could these be made from aluminum or brass?

Open to suggestions

Paul

If memory serves, the Lyman 424 Top punch fits the 452-255RF

[TxGunfighter]

Great Ideal!
TxGunfghter

[hawkeye1]

Thanks for the great reference chart. I always have to go back through my lyman or rcbs catalog and figure out what I need. This will be a good help.

good shooting

[pjh421]

When I had a 450 I couldn't afford extra top punches (really) so I used the same one for everything. You know what? It worked.

Paul

[stringstretcher]

I have a top punch with the number 297 on it and can not find it on any of the charts. Anyone know what mold it is good for?

[floodgate]

stringstretcher:

Most likely for the #321297 181-gr. FN GC for the .32 Spl., though TP # 295 for the .32-40 #319295 is the one usually listed for it. These top punches acually have quite a bit of interchangeability, especially in view of Lyman's rather "poetic" (to use Al's term) approach to nose profiles from cherry to cherry.

floodgate

[NVcurmudgeon]

Sizing boolits from the RCBS 150KT SWC mould this week, I noticed that the official genuine RCBS #429 top punch, as recommended by RCBS, puts a nice little radius around the meplat of the boolit. If those guys don't get it quite right with their factory recommendations, they don't have a lot of room to talk about our homemade punches or using the "wrong" punch.

[miltfarrow]

I cast .25 bullets with an OLD Ideal mold #25720. And I size on a SAECO lub/sizer. I can't find a flat top punch. I'm using the same pointed top punch that fits my old Ideal 25719 mold. I'm slightly damaging my flat nose bullets. Any suggestions? Thanks. I'm a newbie here but not that newbie at casting. Terry Morgan aka Milt Farrow

[calsite]

All I'm seeing is CastPic of the month, is there somewhere else I need to be looking for the Top Punch listing? Thanks

[wiljen]

All I'm seeing is CastPic of the month, is there somewhere else I need to be looking for the Top Punch listing? Thanks

http://www.castpics.net/

[zardoz]

Many thanks to the compilers of the cross reference list. I have mostly Lee moulds, and just recently started using a Lube-a-Matic. Just now ordered 7 punches to cover the majority of my Lee stuff, using this list.

I noted on the Lyman list, the #649 top punch was not referenced to the 515142, which is the 515 grain boolit I use for my Sharps 50-90.

[a.squibload]

I cast .25 bullets with an OLD Ideal mold #25720. And I size on a SAECO lub/sizer. I can't find a flat top punch. I'm using the same pointed top punch that fits my old Ideal 25719 mold. I'm slightly damaging my flat nose bullets. Any suggestions? Thanks. I'm a newbie here but not that newbie at casting. Terry Morgan aka Milt Farrow


My recipe works OK so far,
cheap & doesn't require a lathe:

Pour lead into top punch cup
When cool flatten "ingot" with file
Glue ingot into cup with silicone sealer
Glue washer onto ingot with JBWeld or epoxy.
Might have to size the washer, I used file & drill press.
Now you have flat punch without permanently changing the
original punch.

[Ed_Shot]

For LEE 401-145-SWC use LYMAN Top Punch #495....a perfect fit.

[Nocturnal Stumblebutt]

does anyone know what top punch to use for Lyman 452389?

this boolit57441

[Ed_Shot]

does anyone know what top punch to use for Lyman 452389?

this boolit57441

My Lyman 1971 Cast Bullet Handbook lists Top Punch #374 for the 452389

[theperfessor]

See my sig line.

[BruceC]

Two questions; 1. Where can I find a copy of the chart? 2. Do you list SAECO top punches? Thanks!! Bruce

[BruceC]

Thanks for the info. I am just getting started with casting and need all the help I can get. Bruce

[BruceC]

I just sent an email requesting additional information. Thanks for the help!! Bruce

[Larry Gibson]

http://www.castpics.net/subsite/TopPunches/default.html

That get's you to the Cast Pic lists.

Larry Gibson

[Vonllamawitz]

Looking for the proper top punch for a Lyman 311466. Considering the 470.

[georgerkahn]

Looking for the proper top punch for a Lyman 311466. Considering the 470.

I have and use a Lyman 311466, and my records indicate the correct top punch to be their number 467. My listing: [311-466 .309 152 grain 2-cavity SPGC mould -- #467 top punch].
geo

[GONRA]

GONRA sez: Nocturnal Stumblebutt & Ed Shot should try Lyman nose punch #374 .
Verked perfectly for me decades ago in my 1960's DCM .45 Colt auto.

[georgerkahn]

Gents,

Anyone with additional information, particularly on older top punches, please PM or e-mail the info to me so I can expand the chart.

Thanks

SSB

singleshotbuff -- Here's a paste of my wee top punch collection. 313174 If you do not have data for any of these -- I can provide the mould(s) I have and employ these on. Sadly, my computer listings is simply that (as opposed to, say, an Excel) -- I have each of my moulds listed with top punch as part of its description. Let me know, and -- again if there are any you have not -- I'll endeavor to go through my list and get you the data.
geo